Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754307AbZALKDo (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:03:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752317AbZALKDe (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:03:34 -0500 Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.44.29]:55926 "EHLO yx-out-2324.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752041AbZALKDd (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:03:33 -0500 Message-ID: <31014a580901120203v593ce9bdn6876263770efbeae@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:03:32 -0600 From: "Mark A. Miller" To: "Paul Mundt" , "Mark A. Miller" , "Bernd Petrovitsch" , "Leon Woestenberg" , "Rob Landley" , "H. Peter Anvin" , "Embedded Linux mailing list" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" , "Sam Ravnborg" Subject: Re: PATCH [0/3]: Simplify the kernel build by removing perl. In-Reply-To: <20090112094121.GD28564@linux-sh.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200901020207.30359.rob@landley.net> <495FEEAF.5020005@zytor.com> <200901032006.47652.rob@landley.net> <20090104030619.GA21466@linux-sh.org> <1231677939.3517.5.camel@gimli.at.home> <31014a580901111936q41486efagcb90af2b6880a470@mail.gmail.com> <20090112082058.GB28564@linux-sh.org> <31014a580901120118u55256b51g448f22e9e0ef5d1f@mail.gmail.com> <20090112094121.GD28564@linux-sh.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1152 Lines: 27 On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 3:41 AM, Paul Mundt wrote: > I will repeat, there has not been a single coherent argument against what > makes perl inherently incapable of being supported. You're right, this thread is worthless with that particular mindset, Paul. Not, perhaps that the tool in question is brittle, and prone to potentially break on more architectures than the current make and C code infrastructure, no, your stance is, unless Perl *cannot* run on that particular architecture and environment, it has a valid place in the kernel because it was chosen by certain developers. And you're right, I did patch around Perl in order to get it to build under a MIPSEL uclibc environment. But yes, this particular thread with you *is* worthless, because it's an argument who's stance is not worth fighting against because of it's flawed premise. -- Mark A. Miller mark@mirell.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/